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Cone of Cold :D

01-08-2006, 05:07 AM#1
Uberleetpwnage
It's stilled WIP. I'm still learning and practicing triggers in the few spells I had done. Here's a Cone of Cold spell based off the one in WoW, together with my WoWish Frostbolt spell.
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01-08-2006, 07:24 AM#2
Jacek
Well, Cone could use some better eyecandy and I don't like that Frostbolt casting indicator can be selected. Better make floating text with |||||||||
01-08-2006, 05:19 PM#3
PCPharaoh
Those spells are freaking awesome. I don't think Cone of Cold needs any more eye candy, but possibly make the effects spawn a little bit slower, so that they can be seen more easily, and for a longer period of time. And, if you possibly can, remove the missle from the attack in Frostbolt. It makes the spell look a little funny.

Speaking purely hypothetically here, could you do a trigger something like this:
Trigger:
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 1000.00 of coccasterpoint matching (((Sin((Facing of (Target unit of ability being cast)))) Less than or equal to 10.00) or ((Sin((Facing of (Target unit of ability being cast)))) Greater than or equal to -10.00))) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions

Of course, that trigger isn't even close to correct, but I just woke up, and it was just to give you an idea of how to do the trigger anyway. Basically, it would select all the units for Cone of Cold. So you take all units in range of the caster, and within a certain angle of the caster. Seems like that would be a little bit easier than creating the 10 or so unit groups, for each nova, like you have now .
01-08-2006, 05:42 PM#4
Jacek
err freaking awesome? tell me how it differs from normal cone of frost.
01-08-2006, 07:53 PM#5
PCPharaoh
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacek
err freaking awesome? tell me how it differs from normal cone of frost.

That was just my original reaction to them. If you really want me to be negative about your spells, I could. I just thought they were pretty funky.
01-08-2006, 08:08 PM#6
Jacek
What are you talking about? I'm just telling they aren't much original. He posted them here to get feedback, positive and negative. There is no need to tell him great spells, that won't do anything. Better say what could be improved.
01-09-2006, 12:48 AM#7
PCPharaoh
Well, like I said, that was my initial response to the spells. I thought they were very cool. I also said what I thought could have been improved.

Why can't anyone voice their opinion these days without someone challenging them...
01-09-2006, 01:59 AM#8
Uberleetpwnage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacek
err freaking awesome? tell me how it differs from normal cone of frost.

It.... slows and deals damage instantly to all at once? :P Anyway, updated frostbolt with a real cast bar. It's updated on first post. I've decided not to come back already, probably gonna be my last post. It was regarding some issues with the admins, and their new rules differing from what the old wc3c was like.
01-09-2006, 04:03 PM#9
Vexorian
Good luck on wc3sear.ch
01-09-2006, 04:35 PM#10
Jacek
Wc3search still exists???
01-10-2006, 12:41 PM#11
Chuckle_Brother
First Reaction: Use Loops.
Second Reaction: Use Arrays.

These spells could be cut down to just a couple lines, just throw in a wee bit of math. Makes for prettier code, plus loops are part of the path to godliness.